Welcome to the programme. We begin injamaica where the american top diplomat Antony Blinken is holding crisis talks with the review and leaders on the worsening violence in haiti due to criminal gangs. They have overrun much of the capital and close down its Main International airport. They are calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister who is currently in puerto rico and unable to return home. As he blinked and said the United States would contribute additional funding to a states would contribute additionalfunding to a un backed Security Force intending to help police fight against as well as humanitarian aid. What weve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult Security Situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the Multinational Support mission even more important than ever. The United Nations Security Council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. Given this incr
And the best actor. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Thank you for your company this morning. We start this hour in the uk where the princess of wales has apologised for what she calls any confusion after she said she edited a photograph of her and her children. Her statement came after five News Agencies retracted it over editing concerns. The image, taken by the Prince Of Wales, was the first of catherine to be released since her surgery injanuary. The princess of wales was seen on monday being driven out of windsor in a car with prince william, as he travelled to the Commonwealth Day service which she did not attend. Our royal correpondent Daniela Relph has more. Very nice to see you guys. The Prince Of Wales this evening at an event related to his earth shot environmental project in london. At the end of a day filled with unexpected twists and turns. Prince william took this photo of his wife and children that were supposed to reassure, to calm the
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo
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Spare bed, a spare room that they could make available to a refugee. reporter: they are monday the dozens of families preparing to host afghan asylum seekers. they believe the country has a duty to support the people of afghanistan. given the part that we re partly responsible for the situation they find themselves in, we feel it s only right to do something about this. we re very lucky. we have a lovely home, we ve both got jobs, we ve got our family, they have nothing. why not share some of that with somebody who needs it really more than us. reporter: for now the government says it has paused all forced returns for afghan nationals denied asylum, with those facing persecution assured they won t be forced to return to afghanistan, but until a decision is made, the future for thousands of vulnerable afghans in the uk remains uncertain at